We’re not quite living the future, but we’re getting there

Time magazine published an article that is presently open only to subscribers. Lev Grossman writes that from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s point of view there were two big platforms or runtimes: the PC OS (encompassing the cell phone) and the world wide web. The third is the intelligent agent or personal assistant. But what if… Continue reading We’re not quite living the future, but we’re getting there

the New World

In 1492, the New World was named by European explorers. In 1995, Walt Disney Pictures released Pocahontas. Microsoft became an exporter of its work to China sometime later and its struggles are now lamented by its CEO, Steve Ballmer. Is Vanessa William’s recording for Pocahontas prophetic? December 7, 2017

WordPress 2.8.1

🙄 The post edit window is unstable in this new version. 😆 I continue to be amazed at software’s lack of fitness for purpose, Microsoft Windows Vista being only the most celebrated example. It will be interesting to see what effect Google Chrome has on the software multiverse.